摘要 : This study was carried out in U.S. Nagar district, Tarai region of Uttaranchal, to determine the underlying socioeconomic and communication variables associated with the knowledge level of the dairy farmers about improved livestoc... 展开 This study was carried out in U.S. Nagar district, Tarai region of Uttaranchal, to determine the underlying socioeconomic and communication variables associated with the knowledge level of the dairy farmers about improved livestock technologies and their degree of adoption of such technologies. This study was conducted in 4 randomly selected villages of Rudrapur district. A total of 193 dairy farmers were surveyed, following complete enumeration method. Knowledge level of the farmers and their degree of adoption were measured with respect to vaccination, deworming, feeding of concentrates, mineral mixture feeding, urea treatment of low quality roughages, sowing of high-yielding fodder seeds and artificial insemination (AI) in cows and buffaloes. The respondents were more knowledgeable with regard to practices like vaccination, concentrate feeding, use of high-yielding fodder seeds and AI compared to deworming and mineral mixture feeding. Minimum knowledge among farmers was found regarding urea treatment of poor quality roughages, irrespective of landholding. Majority of the respondents had adopted the practice of vaccination, concentrate feeding and use of high-yielding fodder seeds. On the other hand, the respondents had poorly adopted the practice of urea treatment of poor quality roughages. The study also revealed that age and family size had no influence on either level of knowledge or degree of adoption. Variables like education, herd size, milk production and marketing, mass media exposure and extension contact had positive and significant influence on the level of knowledge and degree of adoption. The number of animals possessed by a farmer was not a determining factor in adoption of AI.. 收起